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Company: Motiva Enterprises
Parent Company: Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi Aramco)
Subsidy Source: multiple
Location: Texas
City: Port Arthur
County: Jefferson
Project Description: expansion of oil refinery
Year: 2006
Major Industry of Parent: oil and gas
Specific Industry of Parent: oil & gas
Subsidy Value: $257,400,000
Program Name: multiple
Awarding Agency: multiple
Type of Subsidy: 
Number of Jobs or Training Slots: 250
Capital Investment: $3,500,000,000
Source of Data: The estimated value of the property tax abatement and the jobs projection came from: Report of the Texas Economic Development Act (Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, January 2013), p.101; online at (click here). The source for the investment projection and the $45 million in other local incentives was: Bill Hensel Jr., "All systems go for Motiva," Houston Chronicle, April 29, 2006. The $2 million from the Texas Enterprise Fund comes from (click here)
Notes: The company received a property tax abatement worth an estimated $210.4 million over 13 years; $45 million in additional local incentives; and a $2 million grant from the Texas Enterprise Fund. The grant is listed separately in the main Subsidy Tracker data. Motiva Enterprises is a joint venture of Royal Dutch Shell and Saudi Aramco Company.
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